The Busride.
'Too bad I didn't see you there, you could have saved me.'
'From what ?'
'From my colleagues.'
'What about them ?'
'Okay, now hear this. You know I live in Hammersmith, right ?'
'Yeah.'
'Well, one of my colleagues lives about a hundred meters from my place. She was nagging all the time that she needed to catch the last metro back to Hammersmith. I always walk back home, it takes me about 45 minutes, you know.'
'Yeah.'
'So, this other guy started complaining that I shouldn't let her go back all alone, I sacrificed myself and tried to take the tube.'
'Yeah.'
'Well, we got to the station, and the last one already departed.'
'Yeah.'
'Well, the only way to get back to Hammersmith then is by bus, right ?'
'Yeah.'
'So, we needed to walk all the way from Strand to Waterloo, since that's the only place it departs from at that time, right ?'
'Yeah.'
'Well, we got there, and we needed to wait for 50 minutes.'
'Yeah.'
'So, she started nagging about why we didn't just walk home, right ?'
'Yeah.'
'Well, you'd expect someone to be a bit more social in such a situation. Instead of sitting in the bus shelter with me, she just started wandering about, and giving me the silent treatment, right ?'
'Yeah.'
'So, when the bus finally arrived, I had to pay for her ticket too.'
'Yeah'.
'Well, we got on the bus, and she walked all the way back, sat there, and didn't say a single word.'
'Yeah.'
'So, when we were almost there, she looked at me as if I smelled like rotten fish and chips and
thanked me for nothing, jerk.'
'Yeah.'
'Well, you'd expect someone to be a bit more social in such a situation, it's bizarre right ? You know, I sacrificed myself.'
'Yeah.'
'So, I'm pissed.'
'Yeah.'
'Well, I actually paid for her ticket.'
'Yeah.'
'It's terrible, right ?'
'Yeah.'
'Hey. Have you been listening ?'
'Yeah.'
'Really ?'
'Oh, I'm sorry, what were you saying ?'

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